CVE-2023-41266
mediumpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.848 · 100 %ileEURUUSadded 2023-12-07remediate by 2023-12-28
required action Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Qlik Sense Path Traversal Vulnerability
A path traversal vulnerability found in Qlik Sense Enterprise for Windows for versions May 2023 Patch 3 and earlier, February 2023 Patch 7 and earlier, November 2022 Patch 10 and earlier, and August 2022 Patch 12 and earlier allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to generate an anonymous session. This allows them to transmit HTTP requests to unauthorized endpoints. This is fixed in August 2023 IR, May 2023 Patch 4, February 2023 Patch 8, November 2022 Patch 11, and August 2022 Patch 13.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.2
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affected products (9)
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references (8)
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- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801cnnvd
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotescnnvd
- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2023-41266/cnnvd
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801enisa_euvd
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotesenisa_euvd
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Official-Support-Articles/Critical-Security-fixes-for-Qlik-Sense-Enterprise-for-Windows/ta-p/2110801Vendor Advisorynvd
- https://community.qlik.com/t5/Release-Notes/tkb-p/ReleaseNotesRelease Notesnvd
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-41266US Government Resourcenvd
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